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Brenda Fricker, Frances Tomelty, John Hurt, Richard Harris, Sean Bean
Richard Harris made a triumphant return to the screen and received an Oscar nomination for this intense portrayal of a peasant who battles wealthy American developers in a fight to retain the rights t...( read more
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Seen Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood? Thought he was good? Me too, till I saw Richard Harris in this. The film itself is very good but it's Harris' stunning performance that grabs you and holds you taught right to the very end when it seems as though even the film can't k...( read more)
King Lear in a bog. But better then that sounds.
Based on the stage play of the same name, itself inspired by real events that took place in Kerry in 1959, the film has pretty firm parochial roots. Its also buttered up by a presentation that is occasionally too 'Oirish' for i...( read more)
Shows a young Sean Bean. You see him go from being a shy young man growing into being a man who finally stands up for himself.
As far as I'm concerned this is a truely great story. It doesn't move very quickly and there isn't much to see from one scene to the next but it has a power that I thought was great!
If I see it for sale I'm grabbing it.
"This movie will teach that greed can take it's toll on on walks of life , a fabulous cast!" I dout you would be disapointed.
So many movies concentrate on the action(things blowing up) etc etc.. this movie has a time-bomb in it, Bull ....
Richard Harris at his best. A good movie to watch if you're in the mood for good drama and good acting.
One of the greatest irish plays ever written, I studied it in school and I thought that this adaptation was brilliant. Strong performances from Sean Bean, Richard Harris and John Hurt.
